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The Ninth District includes many Native American nations, and our research focuses on key issues—for example, housing, access to broadband, and financial literacy—that affect those who live and work in Indian Country.

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Tribal leaders highlight economic challenges, innovations amid COVID-19, key image (Randall Akee at left, Shelley Buck at right)
Tribal leaders highlight economic challenges, innovations amid COVID-19
Heather Sobrepena | Project Manager, Community Development and Engagement Rory Taylor | Project Manager, Community Development and Engagement
May 19, 2021
Article
One year into covid-19, pandemic’s negative effects persist in Indian Country, key image
One year into COVID-19, pandemic’s negative effects persist in Indian Country
Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Community Development and Engagement Casey Lozar | Vice President, Director of Center for Indian Country Development
May 19, 2021
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Native CDFIs improve credit outcomes for Indian Country residents, key image
Native CDFIs improve credit outcomes for Indian Country residents
Michou Kokodoko | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl | Virginia Military Institute Peter Grajzl | Washington and Lee University Joseph Guse | Washington and Lee University
April 28, 2021
Article
Institutional support sways tribal opinions of groundbreaking bank, key image
Institutional support sways tribal opinions of groundbreaking bank
Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Community Development and Engagement
April 28, 2021
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The Promise of Economic Integration: Evidence from the First Bank in an American Indian Nation
Donna Feir | CICD Research Fellow Calvin Thrall | University of Texas at Austin Rachel L. Wellhausen | University of Texas at Austin
April 28, 2021
Research
Structural barriers to tribal revenues leave Indian Country vulnerable to COVID-19 pandemic
Structural barriers to tribal revenues leave Indian Country vulnerable to COVID-19 pandemic
Casey Lozar | Vice President, Director of Center for Indian Country Development
March 4, 2021
Article
Message from Director Casey Lozar: Elevating Indian Country voices in policymaking, key image
Message from Director Casey Lozar: Elevating Indian Country voices in policymaking
Casey Lozar | Vice President, Director of Center for Indian Country Development
March 3, 2021
Article
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
How Are Tribal Economies Faring Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Event on March 24, 2021
Event
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CICD event gathers tribal voices on CRA modernization
James Robert Colombe | Project Manager, Community Development and Engagement Heather Sobrepena | Project Manager, Community Development and Engagement
February 11, 2021
Article
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
National Tribal Listening Session on Community Reinvestment Act Modernization
Event on January 21, 2021
Event
Paycheck Protection Program leaves businesses in tribal areas behind, key image
Paycheck Protection Program leaves some businesses in tribal areas behind
Tyler Boesch | Research Assistant, Community Development and Engagement Casey Lozar | Vice President, Director of Center for Indian Country Development Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
November 19, 2020
Article
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
Minneapolis Fed employees reflect on their Indigenous heritage
Alyssa Augustine | Senior Public Relations Program Manager
November 16, 2020
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